Fuse or fusible resistor?

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On 6/26/2010 9:56 PM Salmon Egg spake thus:

A grammar nanny, eh?

You must be a big hit at parties ...

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John

Jeez. Yer an idiot.

I should have figured that not a goddamned soul actually tried to answer the question.

It sounds like a 'soft-fuze'. That resets itself after tripping.

There is also a similar device used in hair dryer circuitry.

"DaveC" <

** Sounds like a Pico Fuse:

Come in fast and very fast ratings with amps rated from 1A to about 15A.

When they blow, you need a soldering iron to replace them.

There are various Asians clones too.

..... Phil

"DaveC"

** Sure that is not the other way around ?

Pico Fuse would use " 7A LE " as a the marking for a 7 amp fuse.

.... Phil

I take it , that its blown and I also take it that its not charred (fusible R don't char or even discolour AFAIK) Desolder it and scrape an axial line along its length . Then DVM resistance check from either end. If a fusible resistor then maximum R read is what its value was near enough. FR breaks are usually to one end, normal R usually in the middle. Although green is often axial inductor.

-- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on

No, I don't have one. I threw it out with the old battery. :-( Someone on-line volunteered to describe the one from his scope. I'll not ask him to do a post-mortem on a working fuse. ;-)

Thanks, Dave

Fuse. Ratings of these beasts in equipment is almost NEVER disclosed - like a company secret more precious than any other secret they have. Measure current draw and see what the maximum is during any operations, double that for a guide in choosing "first guess" replacement.

The axial leaded jobs I have seen in hair dryers are high current jobs with reed switches inside them. Not the soft break jobs.

The biggest soft device I recall was 3 Amps.

Could that be because no one knew what tghe question was?

Idiot

And that's why markings are so important. You can circumvent any need to measure.

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and several other fuse manufacturers list E as .375A. If you read the data sheets, you should be able to determine what family you need.

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Obviously, it's 10,000,000 amperes ;^)

Tim

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good one :)

They won't catch fire but I have seen them char slightly. It's also common for them to crack or blow out a small chip of ceramic if something shorts and exposes them directly to the line voltage.